Early models of Google's wearable computer, Glass, may be manufactured in the U.S., according to a report. The Glass eyewear, which is still in development, is expected to be built in Silicon Valley, the Financial Times reported, citing ...
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Blackstone Group has reportedly sent a preliminary counter-bid to buy out Dell, which would rival the current proposed offer of US$24.4 billion from Silver Lake Partners and Michael Dell made in early February. Blackstone, an equity firm, ...
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Blackstone Group has reportedly sent a preliminary counterbid to buy out Dell, which would rival the current proposed offer of US$24.4 billion from Silver Lake Partners and Michael Dell made in early February. Blackstone, an equity firm, ...
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The UK's BG Group is holding "secret talks" on the possible development of the Gaza-Marine offshore gas field, Israeli economic daily Globes reported Thursday. A spokesman for BG told Platts the company does not speculate about "what we ...
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The unexpected shutdown of Spanish Abengoa's 480 million liter/year Rotterdam ethanol plant in mid-December has helped boost grains-to-ethanol crushing margins in Northwest Europe to multi-month highs, data compiled by Platts show. ...
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No Microsoft browser rival would comment on, much less confirm, that it reported the omission of the browser ballot to European antitrust regulators. All three of Microsoft's Windows browser competitors -- Google, Mozilla and Opera ...
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Microsoft has done something it's historically been loath to do: discount prices for the copies of Windows it sells to computer makers, online reports said today. Both the Wall Street Journal and the Asian electronics supply chain ...
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European antitrust regulators will slap Microsoft with a fine before the end of March for failing to offer customers a browser choice screen, according to a report today by the Reuters news service. Citing several unnamed sources ...
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Google may be taking a page from Apple as it considers opening brick-and-mortar retail stores, according to reports. Google is working on plans to open retail stores in the U.S. where the company would sell Google-branded hardware, ...
Microsoft yesterday reminded customers that Windows 7's first edition, which shipped more than three years ago, will be dropped from support in early April. At that time, Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) will become the only officially ...
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HTC and Nokia are separately expected to announce super-high-quality cameras in new smartphones expected to be unveiled over the next week. It remains unclear whether the new cameras alone can lure new customers to either smartphone ...
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Apple is experimenting with watch-like wearable devices with some smartphone capabilities, as the company looks at new product categories for future growth, according to reports. The company has discussed the design with manufacturing ...
A secret review of American policies governing the use of cyberweapons has concluded that President Barack Obama has the broad power to order pre-emptive strikes on any country preparing to launch a major digital attack against the U.S. ...
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According to a number of reports, Apple is experimenting with watch-like wearable devices with some smartphone capabilities, as the company looks at new product categories to populate. Apple has discussed the design with manufacturing ...
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The European Commission has received a proposal from Google to settle an antitrust investigation into the compny's search engine practices, a Commission spokesman said on Friday. At the same time, an industry organization said it has filed ...
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